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Stiff competition, participation of people make DDC elections interesting  

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Stiff competition, participation of people make DDC elections interesting  

Afaq Bhat
Srinagar, Dec 13: As the District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir have entered into a decisive stage with two more phases left, people are keeping their fingers  crossed and are trying to guess who will be the winner.
Soon after the DDC polls commenced the State Election Commissioner K K Sharma announced that no exit polls will be held till all the eight phases are completed. Till now no attempt has been made by any of the agencies to project which party is having an upper hand.
An analyst while talking to Precious Kashmir said, “The ongoing DDC elections are important as these were the maiden elections in J&K after the abrogation of Article 370. The results of these polls will set the tone and tenor for the democratic exercises that will be held in coming days.”
He said, “People coming out in large numbers to take part in the ongoing DDC polls is an indication that the competition between the contestants is stiff. So it means that winning these elections is not going to be a cakewalk for anyone.”
A politician said  that Kashmir based parties forming Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and contesting the ongoing polls collectively have made these elections very interesting. “Even after the end of six phases picture about who has got the upper hand hasn’t become clear as the competition seems tough,” he added.
He said that PAGD has had its own share of problems as sharp differences had cropped up between the partners over seat sharing arrangement

On Saturday senior Congress leader from Jammu region Ravinder Sharma accused National Conference of violating seat sharing agreement in Rajouri district. Earlier the PDP leader Ghulam Nabi Hanjura had leveled similar allegations. “Despite facing storms the PAGD has managed to keep its flock together and is hoping that it would be able to make an impact,” said an analyst.
An observer said, “We can’t predict who will win these DDC elections but one thing looks sure that the PAGD candidates are putting up a tough fight.”
He said soon after the differences over seat sharing arrangement emerged the voices within the PAGD had become shriller to contest the elections individually. “But the leadership prevailed and didn’t allow the situation to take an ugly turn,” the observer said, adding that “Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) too is trying to woo the voters and the reports suggest that the party is doing well in Jammu region, but in Kashmir PAGD is doing well.”

PAGD yet to come up with past one year’s report   

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Gul Owais

Srinagar, Dec 13: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has failed to come up with the report of the past one year as promised by the leaders during its formation in October this year.

Pertinently, on October 24 this year, PAGD during its formation constituted a group consisting of Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami, Sajad Gani Lone, Muzaffar Ahmad Shah and Davinder Singh Rana to prepare a report after talking to different sections of the society including traders, employees, tourism players, hoteliers and others.

“After holding deliberations with them, a report card will be prepared in which all the lies and facts on the ground will be brought to the fore. The report card will be prepared in one month,” the group had said.

However, over a month and half has elapsed, but the group has failed to bring the white paper out. Notably, it was the first utterance of the PAGD, which it failed to pursue on the ground.

A leader, who is part of the four-member group, told Precious Kashmir that the process to compile the report has not been started yet. “Soon after it was decided to compile a report, the PAGD leaders got busy in finalizing the candidates for the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.

He added that the group has not even talked to any section of the society due to the busy schedule amid the elections. “As far as my knowledge is concerned, the process to compile the report has not been started yet,” he said, adding that the process to compile a report as promised would probably be started once the results of DDC elections are declared on December 22.

“We tried to meet people in Jammu over the issue but got less time to start the process in this regard as the alliance decided to take part in polls. It needs time to compile such reports. We are hopeful that the report will be completed and brought into the public domain as soon as possible,” he added.

DDC Polls: Phase-VI records 51.5% polling

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DDC Polls: Phase-VI records 51.5% polling

 

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Jammu, Dec 13: The State Election Commissioner (SEC), K K Sharma on Sunday said that the people have once again reaffirmed their faith in democratic system by actively participating in the process underway to strengthen the same.

The SEC was addressing the media after the culmination of phase-VI of the DDC polls which witnessed a healthy percentage of 51.51 per cent.

 

While giving a brief about the elections which were held today, the SEC said that polling was peaceful and people participated enthusiastically despite severe cold conditions in Kashmir division and some hilly areas of Jammu division.

 

Polling has been peaceful in the poll going 31 constituencies of DDC including 14 in Kashmir division and 17 in Jammu division that witnessed 51.51 per cent of polling, he added.

 

He also informed that polling was held in 2071 polling stations including 1208 from Kashmir division and 863 from Jammu division.

 

SEC further informed that Jammu division recorded an average voter turnout of 68.56% with Poonch District recording the highest percentage of 76.78% followed by Rajouri district with 74.03% and 74.02% voting recorded in Reasi district. The lowest turnout in Jammu division was in Kathua district which recorded 60.95%.

 

The Kashmir Division recorded 31.55% average voter turnout with Ganderbal district recording the highest polling at 58.45% followed by Kupwara District at 51.08% and Bandipora with around 47.66% polling, he added.

 

Giving district wise details, the SEC informed that in Kashmir Division the polling percentage recorded in Budgam was 30.99%, Baramulla 34.56%, Anantnag 24.06, Kulgam 37.74%, Pulwama 8.16% and 4.60% polling was registered in Shopian.

 

Similarly, in Jammu division poll percentage of 70.01% was recorded in Samba, 72.04% in Udhampur, 71.34% in Ramban, 62.93 in Doda and 66.32% in Jammu district.

 

He further said that 385606 (207223 male and 178383 female votes) people exercised their right to franchise for the sixth phase across the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory.

 

Further, he said that counting of votes for Sarpanch and Panch constituencies which went to poll in the 6th phase is being conducted immediately after the close of poll and results shall be declared.

 

Jammu records 68.56% polling  

Poonch: 76.78%
Rajouri: 74.03%

Reasi: 74.02%
Kathua: 60.95%.

Samba: 70.01%

Udhampur: 71.34%

Ramban:  71.34%
Doda: 62.93%

Jammu: 66.32%

Kashmir records 31.55% polling  

Ganderbal: 58.45%
Kupwara: 51.08%
Bandipora: 47.66%

Budgam: 30.99%
Baramulla: 34.56%
Anantnag: 24.06%
Kulgam: 37.74%
Pulwama: 8.16%
Shopian: 4.60%

2 militants killed in Poonch gunfight

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2 militants killed in Poonch gunfight

Jammu, Dec 13: Two militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces at Poshana area in Jammu’s Poonch district on Sunday.
A police spokesman identified slain militants as Sajid and Bilal.
Two AK 47 Rifles, one UBGL, one Thuraya Satphone were recovered from their possession, he added.
The spokesman said that as per reports a joint patrol of the police/security forces launched searches at Poshana area in Poonch district after it received credible inputs about the infiltration of militants in the area.
While the searches in the area were going on, Police made efforts to persuade the hiding militants to surrender but they fired on the search party initiating a gunfight, the spokesman added.

“In the ensuing encounter two militants were killed and one of their aides was apprehended,” he said, adding that the slain militants were affiliated with militant outfit LeT.

Boat with BJP activists capsizes in Dal Lake

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Srinagar, Dec 13: A boat carrying BJP activists and some video-journalists capsized when they were returning from an election rally organised for District Development Council (DDC) elections in the world famous Dal Lake in the summer capital, Srinagar, on Sunday.
Official sources said one of the boats, returning from the rally led by Union Minister Anurag Thakur, capsized at Ghat no 17 of Dal Lake.
However, they said everyone, including BJP workers and three video-journalists, were rescued by other people present at the spot. “The cameras of the video-journalists were damaged,” they added.
They said besides Thakur, senior BJP leader and National spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain and BJP’s J&K incharge Tarun Chug were also present in the rally.

COVID-19 kills 6 more, 382 test positive

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COVID-19 kills 6 more, 382 test positive

J&K death toll mounts to 1799, total cases at 116008
Nadeem Nadu/Precious Kashmir News
Srinagar, Dec 13: Jammu and Kashmir reported six more COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, while 382 more people tested positive for the pestilence in the Union Territory, officials said on Sunday.
They said that the death count due to COVID-19 has mounted to 1799, while 116008 have tested positive for the virus across the UT till date.
Giving the details of the deaths that took place today, the officials said that those who succumbed to the virus include a 60-year-old woman from Boniyar Baramulla, a 78-year-old man from Bandipora, a 72-year-old man from Pulwama, a 55-year-old man from Talab Tiloo and a 60-year-old woman from Udheywala Bohri Jammu.
With these deaths, the total fatality count in the Valley has reached 1151 and 648 in the Jammu region. Srinagar district with 433 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (330), Baramulla (169), Budgam (105), Pulwama (88), Kupwara (88), Anantnag (82), Doda (58), Bandipora (57), Udhampur (53), Kulgam (52), Rajouri (53), Kathua (45), Ganderbal (40), Shopian (37), Samba (34), Poonch (22), Ramban (21), Kishtwar(21), and Reasi (11).
JK reports 382 new cases
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir recorded 382 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, 184 from Jammu division and 198 from Kashmir division thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 116008.
Moreover,505 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals including 267 from Jammu Division and 238 from Kashmir Division.
According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Corona virus (Covid-19), out of 116008 positive cases, 4702 are Active Positive, 109507 have recovered and 1799 have died; 648 in Jammu division and 1151 in Kashmir division.
The Bulletin further said that out of 3345171 test results available, 3229163 samples have been tested as negative till December13, 2020.
Till date 829181 persons have been enlisted for observation which included 22655 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 4702 in isolation and 27759 in home surveillance. Besides, 772266 persons have completed their surveillance period.
Providing district-wise breakup, the Bulletin said that Srinagar has 24259 positive cases (including 98cases reported today) with 1138 Active Positive, 22688 recovered (including 87 cases recovered today), 433 deaths; Baramulla has 7737 positive cases (including 20 cases reported today) with 213 Active Positive, 7355 recovered (including 14 cases recovered today), 169deaths; Pulwama reported 5294 positive cases (including 18 case reported today) with 173 active positive cases, 5033 recovered (including 19 cases recovered today), 88 deaths; Kulgam has 2627 positive cases (including 03 case reported today) with 67 Active Positive, 2508 recoveries (including 02 cases recovered today), 52 deaths; Shopian has 2431 positive cases (including 17 case reported today) with 108 Active Positive, 2286 recovered and 37 deaths; Anantnag district has 4659positive cases (including 02 cases reported today) with 105 Active Positive, 4472 recovered (including 21cases recovered today), 82 deaths; Budgam has 7311 positive cases (including 21 cases reported today) with 300 Active Positive and 6906 recovered (including 25 cases recovered today), 105 deaths; Kupwara has 5367 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 180 Active Positive, 5099 recovered (including 11cases recovered today), 88 deaths; Bandipora has 4537 positive cases (including 04 cases reported today) with 107 Active Positive, 4373 recovered (including 06 cases recovered today), 57 deaths and Ganderbal has 4352 positive cases (including 09 cases reported today) with 121 active positive cases, 4191recoveries (including 53 cases recovered today)and 40 deaths.
Similarly, Jammu has 22170positive cases (including 98 cases reported today) with 776 active positive cases, 21064 recoveries (including 110 cases recovered today), 330 deaths; Rajouri has 3702 positive cases (including 14 cases reported today) with 239 active positive cases, 3410 recovered (including 11 cases recovered today), 53 deaths; Ramban has 2031 positive cases (including 03 cases reported today) with 70 active positive, 1940 recoveries(including 22 cases reported today) and 21 deaths; Kathua has 3017 positive cases (including 22 cases reported today) with 118 Active positive, 2854 recovered (including 24 cases recovered today), 45 deaths; Udhampur has 3949 positive cases (including 14 cases reported today) with 321 active positive cases, 3575 recovered (including 73 cases recovered today) and 53 deaths; Samba has 2623 positive cases (including 05 cases reported today) with 213 Active Positive, 2376 recoveriesand 34 deaths; Doda has 3296 positive cases (including 13 cases reported today) with 162 active positive cases, 3076 recoveries (including 13 cases recovered today), 58 deaths; Poonch has 2420 positive cases (including 01cases reported today) with 30 active positive, 2368 recoveries (including 07 cases recovered today), 22 deaths; Reasi has 1562 positive cases with 105 active positive, 1446recoveries and 11 deaths while Kishtwar has 2664 positive cases (including 08 cases reported today) with 156 active positive cases and 2487 recoveries (including 07 cases recovered today) and 21 deaths.
According to the bulletin, among the total 116008 positive cases in J&K, 11009 have been reported as travelers while 104999 as others.

Drinking, smoking not signs of women empowerment: DSEJ

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Jammu, Dec 13: The Directorate of School Education, Jammu, organised a webinar on “Tobacco Free Educational Institutions” Guidelines, here on Sunday.
Speaking on the occasion, the Director School Education, Jammu, Anuradha Gupta said that due to the social acceptability and it being legal with certain restrictions, people are unable to realise the serious negative consequences of tobacco use.
“Drinking and smoking by girls/females should not be viewed as a sign of empowerment,” she added.
The Webinar was the initiative of Counselling Cell of the Directorate, in collaboration with Directorate of Health Services Jammu, through virtual session to generate awareness among the school teachers and other staff members regarding the ill effects of tobacco use and other related issues with the key purpose of accelerating the implementation of Tobacco Free Educational Institutions guidelines.
Director School Education, Jammu, Anuradha Gupta also advised the stakeholders to reach out at the ground- level to make an idea or a policy implementation sustainable.
She reminded the students to immerse themselves in positive passions instead and channelise their energies towards becoming the ambassadors of best practices like Fit India, Career Counselling, Cyber security etc.
Ms Gupta also called upon the parents and teachers to, “be the role models rather than mere preachers who act contrary to their own advice”.
Such campaigns should include all the aspects like prevention, education, counselling and vigilance by parents and teachers. School heads must discuss corrective measures during monthly Parent Teacher meets (PTM’s).
Dr Mridula Singh, Divisional Nodal Officer for NTCP, who was the resource person of the event, discussed tobacco-related issues in detail including the background of tobacco control, burden of tobacco use in India, overview of National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) and COPTA 2003 with focus on the guidelines about tobacco-free educational institutions.
Romesh Kumar Sharma, Head Counselling Cell, termed the Tobacco consumption as a form of behavioural issue, which needs behavioural modification techniques.
He added that equipping the faculty counsellors with counselling and cessation counselling skills can help make institutions tobacco free.

Nadda tests positive for COVID-19

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New Delhi, Dec 13: BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday said that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
In a tweet in Hindi, the BJP president said, ‘On getting the initial symptoms of corona, I got the test
done, which has been reported positive. My health is fine, I am following all the guidelines in home isolation on the advice of doctors. My request is, those who have come to my contact in the last few days, please isolate themselves and get tested.’

Nadda had recently visited West Bengal for a two-day tour to Kolkata, as part of the 120-day tour of the state of West Bengal, where the Assembly election is due next year.

Jamia Millia puts online exam on hold

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Srinagar, Dec 13: In a major relief to the students of J&K who had raised concerns regarding the online examination due to slow internet speed, Jamia Milla Islamia has put the odd semester/ year end exam on hold.
Jamia Millia Islamia(central university) New Delhi on its official Twitter handle wrote, “The VC @ JmIU_Official has put the odd semster/ year end exam through online proctored Mode on hold considering various issues raised by students.”
Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti thanked management of the university.
” Thank you for taking our concerns into consideration. I am sure the students here will be relieved.”(KNS)

Wife, daughter-in-law kill man for having an affair

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Bhadohi: A 55-year-old man was allegedly killed by his wife and elder daughter-in-law in a village in Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh for having an illicit relation with his younger daughter-in-law, police said on Sunday.
The incident happened in a village under Koirana police station of the district on late Saturday night when the man’s wife and their elder daughter-in-law attacked him and slashed his throat with a knife, said Bhadohi Superintendent of Police Ram Badan Singh.

The SP said the man was rushed to a hospital but was declared “brought dead”.

The man had four sons, all living in Mumbai as migrant workers, the SP said, adding two of them were married and their wives were living in the village with their in-laws.

The man had developed an illicit relationship with his younger daughter-in-law, and this was vehemently objected to by his wife and elder daughter-in-law, who had sent the younger one to her parents’ house.

Infuriated over this, some time back, the man had attacked his elder daughter-in-law and damaged her eyes, said police, adding he had also turned her and his wife out of the main house, forcing them to live in another house some 100 meters away in the same street.
Around four-five days ago, the man had brought back his younger daughter-in-law from her parents’ place to live with him, said police.
The man’s wife and his elder daughter-in-law last night barged into the man’s house and attacked him, following which the younger daughter-in-law fled the house and reached a police station where she told police that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law had attacked her and her father-in-law.
As the police reached the man’s house, they found him lying in a pool of blood with his neck slit open, said police, adding he was rushed to the district hospital but could not be saved.
The SP said a preliminary probe into the matter has revealed that the victim had illicit relation with his younger daughter-in-law.
The police have registered a murder case and informed all four sons of the victim, said the SP.

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